NDLDIGITAL LIBRARY MEDIUM TERM
PLAN FOR 2004
Toshiyuki Mutoh
KANSAI-KAN OF THE NATIONALDIET LIBRARY，JAPAN8/25/2005

☆National Diet Library Vision 2004
Creation of digital archives (One of the priority areas):
To construct digital archives to store and provide digital
information as common information resources of thepeople of Japan.

☆Digital Library Medium Term Plan for 2004
Digital library services the NDL should develop in thenext five years or soBackground to the planning

There are changes social
surrounding digital
information:
1 Digital information associal infrastructure
2 Internationalenvironment on digital
information3 Domestic situation on
digital information

Digital information as social
infrastructure

NDLInternational
environment on
digital information

Domestic situation
on digitalinformation

NDL
NDLwebsite
websiteThe achievements of the digital libraryservices of the NDL

DigitalDigitalcontents
contents

・DigitalLibrary
Libraryfrom
fromthetheMeiji
MeijiEraEra
・Digital
59,900volumesvolumes(August(August2005)2005)
59,900・RareBooks
BooksImage
ImageDatabase
Database・Rare
37,000items
items(June(June2005)2005)
37,000・Full-textDatabase
DatabaseSystem
Systemforforthe
theMinutes
Minutes・Full-text
theDietDietofofthefromthethefirst
firstsession
sessiontotothe
thepresent
presentfrom
・NDL Gallery
Gallery
・NDL
contents
99contents

Webarchives
archives
WebWARP(Web(WebARchivingARchivingProject)
Project)
WARP
・1,500titles
titlesofofelectronic
electronicjournals
journals
・1,500・1,300organizationsorganizationswebsites
websites
・1,300

Secondary
Secondaryinformation
information

・NDL-OPAC
・NDL-OPAC
・6.5million
millionitems
itemsofofbibliographic
bibliographic information
information
・6.5
・6.4million
millionitems
itemsofofperiodical
periodicalindexes
indexes・6.4
・Dnavi： 9,000
9,000items
items(July(July2005)
2005)
・Dnavi：ResearchandandResearchdevelopment
development

Feasibilitystudy
studyofofthe
theCD-ROM
CD-ROMininthe
theFeasibility
latestenvironment
environmentand
andtheirtheirmigration
migrationandandlatest
emulationemulation

Targets of digital library services
1 Building digital archives(1) Digitizing books held by the NDL(2) Acquiring domestic Internet information

2 Expanding information on information
resources
3 Portal function of digital archives
Building a portal site leading at “one stop” to digital
information kept by respective domestic organizations

Building digital archives(1) Digitizing books held by the NDL・Most of the books published in the Meiji era (1868 ～1912）is to provide
in this fiscal year 2005
・The books published in the Taisho era (1912～1926)(2) Acquiring Internet information
Legislation for acquisition and providing Internet information generated
inside Japan is now under scrutiny.
① Acquiring web information by website
・Bulk acquisition
・Selective acquisition by theme② Acquiring web information by the unit of work
・Online depositFigure: Image of NDL digital archives
Websites in Japan

Electronic journals,
electronic books etc.

localGovernment

academicbusinesssevihcrabeW

cultureRegistration,
preservation

公的機関

Online deposit

Archives of public organization
private archives

Archives of libraries
Archives of works
Archivesofwebsites

NDL
Digital archives
NDLOPAC

Portal ofdigital archives

WARP

Digitized contents(Digital Library from the Meiji Era,
Rare Books Image Database etc.)

officeSending
information

To JapanTo the world
To everyone
seeking information

TheThe InternetInternet

homeschool

Necessary framework for realization

Cooperation withrelatedorganizations

Legislation

Research anddevelopment